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Liberal Wrestling Club took 12 wrestlers to Salina March 9. The Heartland Dual Team Qualifiers and 6U State took place at Tony’s Pizza Events Center.
Kendall Mosttler, a first year wrestler, took third place for Girls 6U State. She finished the 6U State tournament with two pins on the day. She has 27 pins and one tech fall for the season. Other results from the day are as follows:
Kansas USA Wrestling hosted their District tournaments last weekend. District 4 had their tournament in Hays at the Gross Memorial Coliseum March 7 and 8.
There were 1,353 wrestlers in attendance over the two days. Liberal Wrestling Club took 30 wrestlers to compete and had 12 qualify to advance to State in Topeka this weekend.
Liberal had three District 4 champions for this year. They were Jason Fraire, 8U 125 pounds, one pin; Jacobie Fraire, 10U 170 pounds, one tech fall and two pins; and JJ Mata, 10U 190 pounds.
After an impressive 81-49 win over Pratt in the opening round of the Region 6 playoffs, the Seward County Lady Saints had a tough road challenge against No. 3 seed Coffeyville, and despite coming back to take a second half lead, the Lady Saints fell 61-50.
The Lady Saints had a slow start, and Coffeyville jumped out to a near double digit lead at 15-6 after the first quarter.
But the Lady Saints responded with a run that gave them the lead early in the second quarter.
Coffeyville was able to stop the Lady Saint run, and by halftime the Lady Ravens had regained the lead, 28-23.
The Lady Redskins found themselves in a hole Saturday in the Sub-State championship against Wichita East before they battled back to force overtime.
But every possession was magnified in the bonus period, and a couple early misses by the Lady Redskins led to a loss.
Liberal finished the season 15-7, and head coach Brandi Fowler said effort was never an issue.
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The Seward County Community College women's basketball team regained its shooting touch and the defense took over in an 81-49 rout of Pratt Community in the opening round of the Region VI playoffs Saturday at the Greenhouse.
The Lady Saints, who improved to 20-11 on the season, advanced to the quarterfinals to play at Coffeyville at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Seward entered the game with a three-game losing streak, starting each of those games with an offensive slump. There was no drought this time around. There were no lids on the baskets and the Lady Saints took off to a quick an early 8-3 lead to start the game. Seward held a 21-17 advantage after one quarter as Pratt stayed within striking distance. That was as close as the Beavers would get.
